Daryl Northrop

Also, beware “Serato face.” http://seratoface.tumblr.com/

Ouch! Feel you pain on this one. Back in the day, I played a regular night at a midwest club. Played lots of 808 state, lords of acid, information society, that sort of stuff (it was in the early 90’s). Drunk girl yells up to the booth “CAN YOU PLAY SOME BLACKBOX???” No sweety, not happening.

My $0.02 worth is that it also depends on the venue. If you are DJ’ing at a “DJ concert” at a large venue – echostage in the DC area comes to mind, and you are opening for a big-name DJ, then definitely follow a tighter set of rules and don’t “peak” the floor before the headliner.

However, if you one of the DJ’s at a more traditional bar/nightclub, then you have more leeway. Most patrons are not there to dance the entire night, they want to socialize with their friends, get drunk, etc. So a “waves” concept might be more appropriate for each DJ. Start out their set with some slower stuff, peak towards the middle/end, then lay down some transition tracks for the next person. Lather, rinse, repeat.

NietzSKY, post: 34082, member: 4553 wrote: Alright, update from the first meeting:

–The date for the show is set to February 14th, 2013.
Valentine’s Day EDM show seems to have potential.

–2 acts confirmed, still looking for 2 more.
We’re looking to have a diverse style between DJs to represent a spectrum of electronic music.

–In 2 weeks, if you can commit to a little promotion/the show,
We need to set our acts in stone, so there’s a two-week deadline on finalizing the lineup/working out order-of-performance/style. If you are interested, send an email to [EMAIL]discipleofnietzsche@gmail.com[/EMAIL]

–Next Step:
After the 2 week period, we will be working on promotions. Promotions may involve clubbing, dj busking at various campuses/hot spots, flyering, and some open mic appearances. Promotions will be on-going until the show, and it is not expected to show up to every promotion. Busking promotion will be paid (completely evenly split tips) and the show is a commission-based gig.

–Final Step
Making final touches to really throw a memorable gig and talking about stage set-up.

We’ll keep in touch.

Great idea! Would love to help if I could. I have been dj’ing since the early 90’s, and have been digital for the past few years. Looking for outlets in the DC area (I live in northern VA). I play DnB, breaks, electro, dubstep, industrial, and more. My mixes are here: https://soundcloud.com/dnorthrop

Pretty much the same thing happened to me. I’ve had my twitch for 2 months, and everything was great. Then 2 days ago, the touchstrips fail, other random buttons stop working, etc. I’ve changed nothing on my laptop. Seriously. What’s the deal?